Improvement in plow attachments



A. C. GABEL.

PLOW-ATTACHMENT.

No. 175,963. Patented Apr'i111,187-6.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS G. GABEL, OF YORKVILLE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOW ATTACHMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,963, dated April 11, 1876; application filed March 4, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS O. GABEL, of Yorkville, in the county of Kendall and State of Illinois, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Attachments to Flows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation .of a perspective View of my plow, and Fig. 2

is a plan view of the eye rod.

This invention has relation to means which are designed to precede a deep-running plow, for the purpose of cutting under and loosening the sod previous to turning it under; and the nature of my im'ention consists in a flat, horizontally-running share,- in combination with a fixed colter, an adjustable draft-bar, and adjustable strengthening-links, as will be hereinafter explained.

In the annexed drawings, A designates a standard, which is designed to be secured in any suitable manner to a plow-beam in front of a deep-running plow. The lower portion of this beam is flattened and tapered, and bent nearly at right angles to the upright portions, so as to form the sole a. On this sole-piece a I rigidly but removably secure an oblique shareblade, B, the front cuttingedge of which is diagonal to the line of draft,

asshown in Fig. 1. O designates a colter, having a sharp cutting portion, 0, which is secured to a land-side plate, I), which latter is secured to the heel of the standard A. The upper angular extension of the colter-shank, which is lettered c, is secured by a clip, D, to the standard A. E designates a rod, which has an eye, 9, formed on its rear end. The front end of this rod E is secured to the plowbeam. The eye 9 has attached to it a link, f, which receives through it the colter (J, and to which is loosely attached a loop, 9, that strides the standard A, and is secured to this standard by a removable pin, h, which passes through one of several notches, 6, made in the back edge of the standard. This attachment of the loop to the standard A allows the standard, colter, and the share to be adjusted and set at any desired pitch.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an attachment to a plow, the diagonal share B and colter G, secured to a standard, A, in combination with the rod E, its link f, loop g, and pin h, made adjustable, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

AUGUSTUS O. GABEL. Witnesses:

R. W. WILLETT, ANDREW WELCH. 

